The Vegetable Lamb in a 17th-century illustration The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (Latin: Agnus scythicus or Planta Tartarica Barometz[1]) is a legendary zoophyte of Central Asia, once …

Aug 15, 2018 · But though this animal-plant hybrid couldn’t go very far, the legend of it did—although completely imaginary, the vegetable lamb of Tartary crops up in ancient Hebrew …

Apr 30, 2014 · If you haven’t actually seen a cotton plant before, here’s how it works. It’s a remarkable little shrub, with a bundle of leaves at its base and a long stem shooting skyward.

Raoulia eximia is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It was first formally described in 1864 by Joseph Dalton Hooker. It is endemic to New Zealand. The plant is commonly known …

Jul 15, 2022 · Our foraging guide on sheep's sorrel includes key information on how to identify it, cook it, and use it for medicinal purposes.

A legendary plant of central Asia, believed in medieval times to grow sheep as its fruit. The "fruit" was in fact cotton, but since European travelers were not familiar with the fabric, they …

Kalmia angustifolia is a flowering shrub in the family Ericaceae, commonly known as sheep laurel. It is distributed in eastern North America from Ontario and Quebec south to Virginia. [1]

May 6, 2020 · It tells of a plant-animal having the form of a lamb and attached to the ground by a stalk like an umbilical cord. Its delicate flesh, loved both by humans and wolves, were said to …

Puya chilensis is an evergreen perennial with large, dense rosettes of grey-green strap-like leaves edged with hooked spines. Flowers are green or yellow and borne on spikes that resemble a …

With tough, leathery leaves and a dense network of rhizomes, sheep American-laurel easily adapts to a range of sites, from bogs to open, rocky barrens. It is allelopathic; that is, the roots …